[NU Sports] Saturdays at Dyche Stadium

[Herman Wang]

The NU-PSU game is actually listed as ESPN/ESPN2.  

I'm not sure how much ticket prices are a factor.  For the Towson and Eastern Michigan games, there were plenty of tickets available on StubHub for under $10.  Some were going as low as $4.  I know this because I'm a season ticket holder who lives in Washington D.C., and I can only go to about three or four home games a year, so this year, for the first time, I tried to unload my extra tix on StubHub.  No takers, even at drastically reduced prices.

I realize that not all people interested in going to a game think to check StubHub or other sources on the secondary market.  There are probably some fans who go to the NUsports.com website, see the listed ticket prices and are turned off.  But there are a significant number of fans who are aware of StubHub, Craigslist, etc., and still, our attendance stinks.

Perhaps you might be able to point to our no-name opponents for the lack of interest.  Towson and Eastern Michigan aren't exactly inspiring names to the average Chicagoan sitting around with disposable cash and time.  But the flip side of that is that those type of opponents help build our win totals.  

Herman



> From: mlinhardt at netzero.com
> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 14:33:37 +0000
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Saturdays at Dyche Stadium
> CC: Maureen.Linhardt at plexus.com
> 
> Actually - BTN got a 330 CT time slot for the NU-PSU game.  
> 
> Evanston allows one night game a year (if we ask in advance)
> 
> We need to do a better job with traffic control.  Central should be
> closed off to anyone without a parking pass going east bound from GB and
> west bound from the el.  Maybe discount tickets to people who use public
> transportation to get there?  Set up a tailgating area in the old movie
> theater or one of the now-empty lots on the south side of Central?
> 
> Here's my idea again - give away tickets to radio stations as part of
> their give aways (since they often have contests) AND this gets you
> publicity - "We're giving away a family four pack to the NU-whoever game
> this weekend, the 5th caller will win..."  I don't know how that
> actually works, but, it's a thought.
> 
> Have something where you buy two adult tickets and get a child ticket
> free in certain sections?
> 
> Maureen
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> <snip>
> Finally, about the start times.  I believe the Big Ten contract with
> ESPN/ABC prevents them from placing games on the BTN during certain
> restricted time periods (ABC 2:30PM CT afternoon games), which means
> it's
> either 11AM or 6PM.  And the 6PM games on BTN are exclusive time windows
> that must be announced before the season starts, and Big Ten policy
> doesn't
> allow conference night games in November/December.  There's also the
> Evanston opposition to too many night games.  So, NU is basically stuck
> with
> 11AM starts.  That's the price of having every home game available
> nationally on TV, which arguably brings a lot more attention than
> starting
> the games in the afternoon with no TV coverage.
> 
> 
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